MASTER INTERVIEWS
Greg Brundage・Mar 16, 2022
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 38 – Phuket Island’s Kung Fu Continued
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 37, click here. Visit to Phuket Wushu School, ancient Phuket, 3,000-year-old cave art, ancient land and maritime connections between Thailand, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and India, two of Phuket’s many museums, “Fighting for Success” an extraordinar...
Greg Brundage・Jan 05, 2022
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 37 – Phuket, Thailand
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 36, click here. Phuket ancient Silk Road Trading Center, origin of metallurgy and martial arts in Thailand, the comical owners of Rang Hill, and interview with Phuket’s extraordinary Kung Fu Coach Li Yu Zhong of Beijing Wushu School and Beijing Sport...
Gene Ching・Dec 01, 2021
Peter Shiao on The Chronicles of the Immortal Swordsmen (FREE PREVIEW DOWNLOAD)
For martial arts comic book fans, Immortal has been a game changer. They launched their breakout graphic novel, The Adept during the pandemic and it blew up immediately. The Adept Kickstarter campaign reached its goal within a few short hours, and by the end of the fundraiser, it surpassed its go...
Greg Brundage・Nov 09, 2021
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 36 – Interview with Hainan’s Grandmaster Liu Huai Liang continued and introduction to China’s newest martial art Xiang Zi Dao also known as Bing Dao.
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 35, click here. Grandmaster Liu Huai Liang started Shaolin Boxing at the age of 8 and Changquan at age 11. His family is from Shuibo, Liangshan in Shandong Province. That auspicious location is very well known in Chinese history. The awesome hero Son...
Gene Ching・Oct 25, 2021
The 2021 Martial Movie Trilogy: SHANG-CHI, SNAKE EYES and MORTAL KOMBAT
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS was a triumph on so many fronts. It marks a lucrative return to in-person theaters, a much-needed boost to another industry crippled by the pandemic. It waves a glorious banner for Asian inclusion in Hollywood, a much-needed salve for the tragedies that t...
Gene Ching・Oct 20, 2021
Master Peter Chan 1958-2021
These are strange days, especially in how news travels nowadays. On October 8, I saw a curious post from a friend. It roused my suspicions enough to direct message him immediately and he told me the sad news. Our mutual friend Master Peter Chan had suffered a brain aneurism just like Bruce Lee. H...
Patrick Lugo・Oct 03, 2021
Fred Yu on THE ORCHID FARMER’S SACRIFICE
We've been covering the arrival of wuxia on American shores from as far back as THE STORM RIDERS. Still, many were already familiar with those Kung Fu Fantasies. Newer readers may well shrug considering its presence in pop-culture today, most notably on-screen with Marvel’s SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGE...
Greg Brundage・Sep 22, 2021
Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 35 – Hainan Island and Grandmaster Liu Huai Liang
For The Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour Part 34, click here. September 5, 2021 - This 35th installment of the Silk Road Kung Fu Friendship Tour includes an interview with Wushu Kung Fu Grandmaster Liu Huai Liang, introduction to Hainan Island, martial art legacies of Hainan and Shandong provinc...
Gene Ching・Sep 17, 2020
Shaolin Ways Episode 6: Baduanjin
For Shaolin Ways Episode 5: The Eight-Section Brocade, click here. Baduanjin, a.k.a. the Eight-Section Brocade, is one of the most popular forms of qigong in the world. Dating back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE), there are innumerable variations now. My Brocade roots lie within Shaolin style. ...